The countdown to RSIS Borneo begins!

Posted: 31 October 2019

Excitement levels are high as our RSIS students from around the world count down the days until our next Big Build Project, which kicks off on the 7th December.

About the project

The Big Build team will renovate the extremely dilapidated staff accommodation of a orphanage in Borneo. Whilst the existing foundations are still good the walls, floors, doors, decking and windows all need replacing and the entire property needs painting, plastering and decorating. The facilities such as kitchen and toilet need demolishing and rebuilding. Additionally, the other buildings at the Orphanage are very rundown and need repairs, new coats of paint and decoration.

Tambunan Orphanage cares for and educated 75 children who have lost their parents, whose parents cannot care for them or have been abandoned and is run by Catholic nuns and volunteers.

The staff accommodation is in dire need of attention as other projects within the orphanage have always been prioritised, it’s now time to give back to those who dedicate all their energy to care for the children and young people within the orphanage.

About this blog

While students are away, we run an online blog covering the student’s adventures and keeping you up to date with their latest activates and the progress they are making on the project site.

Updates are typically written by the students themselves and contain photos and (sometimes) videos.

The blog will be updated here on the Round Square website every couple of days where possible. Wifi can be very sporadic depending on the team’s location and if they are in transit. There is also usually a little delay between the first update announcing the team’s arrival in country and the second update when the team have settled in the community. This is usually because the team are settling in or are in transit to the project site. A notification is sent to all parents when the blog is updated.

The most exciting part of this blog are the photos and videos. We try and capture photos of all students on the project, but please remember – some students are camera shy! Our team is very large and it can sometimes be difficult to get a close up photo of every student for every blog, but the adults on the team promise to try their best.

You can also follow the adventure on social media

You can also follow us on #roundsquare Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, where we also post a selection of photos from the blog.

See you in Borneo!